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  • COVID-19 Travel Just Became Easier In Kenya, Here's Why

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya’s system allows travelers to upload their COVID-19 test results online for easy verification by port health and travel officials and helps in the detection of forged certificatesADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, On 9 January 2021, the Government of the Republic of Kenya announced the launch of its Trusted Travel platform, based on the Africa CDC Trusted Travel platform, becoming the first country to adopt the platform for managing travels during the COVID-19 pandemi...

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  • Today Marks The 1 Year Anniversary Of The Death Of The Black Mamba

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: < 1 minute The world still mourns the tragic death of NBA Legend Kobe “Black Mamba” BryantEarly Sunday morning January 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in Calabasas helicopter crash. On the downed helicopter were his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and six other passengers and the pilot. Emergency personnel responded but no one on board survived. Five people are confirmed dead. The helicopter was headed to Gianna’s basketball game and crashed into a hill also carrying h...

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  • Another Inmate Dies Of COVID-19

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: < 1 minute Total inmate deaths within Canadian Prison Institutes now sits at five On January 23, 2021, an inmate from Willow Cree Healing Lodge died at a community hospital as an apparent result of complications related to COVID-19. As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, CSC has notified the coroner who will review the circumstances of the death. CSC has dedicated health services and medical professionals in all of its institutions. “We also work closely and c...

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  • Feds. and Provinces Team Up To End Gender-Based Violence in Canada

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: 2 minutes Status of women ministers meet, endorse declaration for gender-based violenceFREDERICTON (GNB) – Federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) ministers responsible for the status of women, including Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister Tammy Scott-Wallace, endorsed a declaration for gender-based violence. The ministers held their annual meeting online Jan. 21 and 22. “It is so important we work together as advocates to ensure the safety of New Brunswickers who ...

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  • 1 Year Ago, Canada Recorded Its First Case Of COVID-19

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario reported the first case of the deadly virus in CanadaA year ago today, we were presented with one of the most difficult challenges in our history with the confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in Ontario. The rapid spread of the virus through the province, the country and around the world would lead the World Health Organization to declare COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. Since then, Ontario has tragically lost 5,846 lives to this deadly v...

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  • Inmates Brazen Escape from Stony Mountain Institution

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: < 1 minute The escapee is thought to be heading to Brandon, ManitobaOn January 24, 2021 during the 7:30 P.M. count in the minimum security unit at Stony Mountain Institution, staff members discovered that Owen Spence was not accounted for. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) contacted the Stonewall detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a warrant for his arrest has been issued. Owen Spence is 25 years old, measures 180 cm (5’11”) in height and weighs 85...

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  • Ontario Businesses Face Up To A $10,000,000 Fine For COVID-19 Infractions

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario Government stepping up inspections to protect staff and consumersOTTAWA — The Ontario government is carrying out workplace inspections in Ottawa, Windsor, Niagara and Durham this weekend to ensure essential businesses that can continue to operate during the provincewide shutdown are following the public health guidelines. The province wants to ensure workers and customers are properly protected from COVID-19. The blitz, developed in consultation with lo...

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  • 3,874 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported In Canada

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada looks to ramp up mass inoculation of the COVID-19 vaccine beginning in February 2021.Over a year ago, the thoughts of a COVID-19 vaccine was hard to imagine, but with the commitment of governments and scientists from around the world, multiple vaccines have been produced and mass inoculation has begun. As Canada’s top medical experts continue the fight to keep Canadians safe and coordinate efforts to ensure a steady supply of vaccines make it to Canadian...

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  • UK to host G7 Summit in Cornwall

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: 3 minutes The G7 summit will be used to unite leading democracies to help the world build back better.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host the world leaders of the G7 democracies in Cornwall, June of 2021 to address the challenges from beating coronavirus and tackling climate change, to ensuring that people everywhere can benefit from open trade, technological change and scientific discovery. Prime Minister Johnson will use the first in-person G7 summit in almost tw...

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  • Toxic Work Environment Forces Resignation Of Canada's Governor General

    '; } (vitag.displayInit = window.vitag.displayInit || []).push(function () { viAPItag.display(ad_id); }); }()) Reading Time: < 1 minute Payette’s resignation is affective immediatelyJulie Payette and her senior advisor, Assunta di Lorenzo have tendered their resignation effective immediately, after the results of a scathing report conducted by an independent third party into the workplace environment of Rideau Hall. In 2020 many reports started to surface about the toxicity and abusive culture within the offices of the Governor General. Staff members felt intimidated and often were on the rece...

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